Rulo
Rulo, NE · Municipal
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‘Bigger Spot at the Mainstream Table’: North Omaha, South Omaha turn out in force as blue wave crests
As he walked into the Tri Community Methodist Church on Election Day, Sherman Wells came across something he’d never seen at the North Omaha polling place: a line to vote. About 230,000 Douglas County voters cast ballots in this week’s election, by far the most of any midterm contest this century. Omaha’s two most racially diverse areas drove much of that growth in voter participation.
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Still Standing Since The 1800s, This Nebraska House Museum Once Belonged To A Civil War Hero
Ulysses S. Grant and his wife were dinner guests here in November 1879. Less than a year later, President Rutherford B. Hayes stayed overnight. That is two presidents passing through one front door in about ten months. The house was brand new back then, built in 1879 for a celebrated...
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Omaha to hire 18 more firefighters with the help of federal funds
Omaha is growing its fire department with the help of a federal grant. The Omaha City Council voted Tuesday to accept roughly $3.9 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to partially fund 18 new firefighting positions. The city will pay about $2.4 million into the program, for a total of $6.3 million.
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Omaha voters support bond issues for safety facility, park improvements
Both Omaha bond measures from Tuesday’s election seem to have passed. The bonds would allocate a total of $185 million for a safety facility and parks and recreation improvements. Both measures have significant leads as of the last update to election results early Wednesday morning. The public facilities bond...
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Boys Town breaks ground on DLR Group-designed early childhood center
Boys Town has broken ground on a new 24,000-square-foot Early Childhood Development Center at its national headquarters campus near Omaha, Nebraska, expanding access to specialized early education and family support services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Designed by DLR Group, the facility will bring together early...
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Omaha Power Outage Knocks Out 1,400 Customers, Hits Nathan Hale Middle School
A power outage knocked out electricity to roughly 1,400 customers across Omaha on Monday, including Nathan Hale Middle School, where students kept working through their lessons by natural light while the lunch schedule hung in limbo. The outage struck Omaha, Nebraska, and left the school among the locations without power as the morning got underway.
Grist
As Nebraska seeks to grow, Omaha’s energy capacity is a major hurdle
This story is made possible through a partnership between Grist and The Flatwater Free Press, Nebraska’s first independent, nonprofit newsroom focused on investigations and feature stories.. In 2021, across much of the country, Winter Storm Uri caused utilities to scramble for power as the use of electricity and natural...